The Boston Celtics have picked up the third-year crew possibility on Baylor Scheierman’s rookie contract, preserving him beneath contract for the 2026-27 season. Scheierman, the thirtieth choose within the 2024 Draft, might be owed a wage of $2.74 million subsequent 12 months. By exercising the crew possibility, the Celtics retain a younger prospect for affordable, paving the way in which for them to reload the roster subsequent 12 months.
Baylor is coming into simply the second season of his NBA profession at 25 years previous. As a rookie, he appeared in 31 video games for Boston, beginning two of them. He averaged 3.6 factors, 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.5 steals in 12.4 minutes per sport. In these video games, he had taking pictures splits of 35.5/31.7/75.0.
He additionally spent a while with Boston’s G-League counterpart out of Maine final 12 months. He performed 11 common season video games with them, and was far more impactful there. He averaged 18.2 factors, 6.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 0.9 steals in 32.8 minutes per sport. His taking pictures numbers had been a bit higher too – 41.9% from the ground, 33.3% from three, and 78.6% from the free-throw line.
Scheierman might be trying to construct on his rookie season and set up a task for himself within the Celtics rotation given their short-handedness within the wings division this season. He’s a inventive facilitator, however has lacked taking pictures contact and NBA-level defensive expertise up to now, each areas that ought to catch the attention of his growth.
Provided that Baylor continues to be on his rookie contract, the Celtics will once more have a crew possibility on whether or not they wish to deliver him again for a fourth 12 months firstly of subsequent season. In the event that they select to take action, they are going to owe him $4.95 million in 2027-28, and may have him as a restricted free-agent on the finish of that season.
